Experiment No: 4.

Aim: TO INSTALL HARD DISK AND CONFIGURE TO THE PC’S

Components / Tools:

Hard disk, Computer running windows7, Active sync utility, avast anti virus

Procedure:

Install Hard Disk:

How to Install a Hard Drive:

Steps:

 Unplug your computer and switch off the power supply.

 Locate the hard drive bay on the front of the computer. Put the hard drive in the hard
drive bay and line up the screw. Secure the hard drive into the hard drive bay with
screws

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  Find the cables that came with your hard drive. Match the connectors on the back of the
hard drive to the cables and attach them. Find the corresponding connectors on the
motherboard and plug them in.
 Set the drive jumper to the master setting if you are installing an IDE drive. Look on the
hard drive or in the manual that came with your hard drive for the jumper settings. Use a
pair of needle nose pliers to adjust the jumper to the proper setting.
 Put the side panel back on the computer and secure it with the screws. Plug the computer
back in and flip the power supply switch back to "On."

Identify Master /Slave / IDE Devices:

 How to Set Jumpers for Your Computer’s IDE Drive:

 SATA drives each have their own cable that connects to the computer’s motherboard.
IDE drives share a single cable. When two drives share one cable, you give them
different names. IDE drives, those names are “Master” and “Slave.”

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  Find the drive’s Master/Slave identification chart usually printed in black on a sticker
attached to your drive.

 If your drive doesn’t have a sticker, visit the drive manufacturer’s Web site and
downloads the pin settings.

 Locate the drive’s Master/Slave pins.

 These both live near where the data and power cables plug into the drive. You’ll find
six or more pins, but they’re always set in pairs like the ones in the photo.

 With a pair of tweezers or needle-nose pliers, place the jumper (a little plastic thingy)
across the correct pair of pins, either Master or Slave.

Configure CMOS-Setup:

Procedure:

 Go into your BIOS. Press F10 or DEL at startup.

 Advanced settings
 Go to "auto detects hard drives

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Ensure that it detects your new hard drive.
If it doesn't detect the drive, go back and make sure the cables are inserted tightly

Result:

Thus Installation of Hard Disk, configure CMOS-Setup, partition and format Hard Disk and
Identify Master /Slave / IDE Devices are done successfully. Scan disks, disk cleanup, disk De-
fragment, Virus Detecting and Rectifying Software to the pc’s are executed successfully.

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 VIVA QUESTIONS

1. What is Boot sector virus?

Ans:- A boot sector is a reserved section of a disk that contains the code and data needed to start the
operating system (OS) of a computer. A boot sector virus is a type of malware that infects a system’s
boot partition or the Master Boot Record (MBR) of a hard disk.

2. Difference between basic disk and dynamic disk?

Ans:- A basic disk is a type of disk that uses partitions to organize data. A dynamic disk is a type of
disk that uses volumes to organize data. Volumes can span multiple disks, provide fault tolerance, and
offer more flexibility than partitions

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 Experiment No.5

Aim: To Install and Configure a Dual OS installation in a computer system.

Components / tools

Computer, Windows 7 and Xubuntu installation discs,

Procedure:

1. Install Windows. If you haven't already done so, you should install Windows before installing
any other operating systems. Other operating systems, such as Linux are designed so they can
work alongside Windows. If you have not installed an operating system on your PC, make sure
you install Windows first.[1]
 The exception is if you are trying to dual-boot Windows alongside macOS on a Mac.
Macs are built differently than most standard PCs and generally come with macOS
already installed.

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2.

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 2. Navigate to https://rufus.ie/ in a web browser. This is the web page to download Rufus
which is a tool used to create a USB install drive that you can use to install an operating
system on your computer.

 You can also use an official install CD or DVD.

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3. Download and install Rufus. Use the following steps to download and install Rufus from
the download page.

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  Scroll down and click Rufus 3.8
 Run the "Rufus-3.8.exe" from within your web browser or Downloads folder.
4.

4. Download a disk image (ISO) for the operating system you want to install. A disk image
is data that goes on an install disk, DVD, or USB drive. You will need to go to the website of the
operating system you want to download and download the ISO file from that website. The
following links contain operating system ISO images you can download:
 Windows 10
 Windows 8
 Windows 7
 Ubuntu
 Linux Mint
 Debian
 Installing macOS on a non-Apple computer is more complicated than installing other
operating systems, but it is possible.

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5. Insert a blank USB flash drive. Make sure the USB drive has enough space for the operating
system you want to install. Also, make sure the USB drive you use doesn't have any important
data that you don't want to lose. Insert the USB drive into an open USB port on your computer.

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6. Open Rufus. It has an icon that resembles a USB flash drive. Click the Rufus icon in your
Windows Start menu to open Rufus.

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7. Select your USB flash drive. Use the drop-down menu below "Devices" to select your USB
flash drive.

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8. Click Select. It's the button to the right of "Boot Selection" in Rufus. This opens a file browser
you can use to select the ISO file for the operating system you want to install.

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9. Select the operating system ISO file and click Open. This loads the ISO file into Rufus.

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10. Click Start. It's at the bottom of Rufus on the right. This starts the process of righting the
ISO file to the USB drive. This may take a while to complete.

Result:

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 Thus the Dual OS installation was done successfully.

VIVA QUESTIONS

1. What is dual booting?

Ans:- Dual booting is a way of using two or more different operating systems (OS) on a single
computer. Typically each operating system is installed on a separate "partition" on the main
hard drive. When a hard drive is "partitioned" in this manner, it means that the drive is divided
up into different segments of structure and file types that allow the different operating systems
to run on it

2. What is a boot loader?

Ans:- Bootloader stands for Bootstrap Loader which is the compact software which is
responsible to load the operating system into the memory of the computer. The bootloader will
always run whenever the computer system is started or restarted.

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